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Month: July 2016

Outage update: The story so far and when things will come back.

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

At 2:28 PM today, the lab suffered a partial site-wide power outage. I do not yet have the exact cause, though it was no doubt related to the incredible storm we were seeing. I happened to be recording the storm outside my window right as the power went off, so you can hear my exasperation …

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Some areas have power restored, Building 240 still down

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

I’m hopinh we’ll be back soon, but I still have no info on root cause, actual scope of outage, or an estimate on time to return to operation.

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ANL site wide power outage

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

More details as we have them.

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MacOS, iOS, and browser security updates needed.

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

See the attached note from Cyber. Short story is if you’re not current on MacOS, you’ll start getting blocked by the proxy if you’re on Argonne Auth wifi. Systems is taking care of machines we manage. It appears that Apple has fallen victim to the a vuln very similar to last year’s StageFright found on …

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Systems Announce Upgrading v8.mcs.anl.gov 7/11/16

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

v8 is now rebuilt. Feel free to test it out and let us know what pieces you think are missing from the new Trusty linux environment.

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Upgrading v8.mcs.anl.gov 7/11/16

March 29, 2022 by Stacey, Craig

We’ve got a two phased linux compute environment upgrade we’re in the process of doing this year. Phase one is rolling out an Ubuntu 14.04 build (aka Trusty), and phase two will be rolling out a CentOS 7 build. Phase two won’t be starting until end of summer, but phase one is already under way, …

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